Sound Off

A lot of people are complaining about the cost of water from Detroit. Detroit should get rid of all of Kwame Kilpatrick’s cohorts and put normal people in charge. That will save us a lot of money.

-- Hazel Park

We definitely need the right-to-work law because I am not in favor of being forced to join a union. Union members have ridiculous benefits and they cannot be fired for good reason because. You shouldn’t have to join a union just to go to work. The reason so many people are moving south is because most companies aren’t unionized.

-- Hazel Park

It seems that greedy union workers at Hostess caused us to lose those great Hostess Cupcakes and Twinkies. Shame on them. It is a shame what they have done that to Hostess customers. It was such a great company and yet the union workers were not satisfied. Why didn’t those workers leave instead of causing the company to fold?

-- Hazel Park

One of the proposals to finance the regional transit system is to start taxing every vehicle in the area based on the vehicle’s worth. What that means is that you are going to be paying a $1.20 for every $1,000 they say your vehicle is worth. This could amount to several hundred dollars for people who own several cars. This to finance buses that will run up and down Woodward Avenue and a light rail system that no one is ever going to use. I wish everyone who lives in the area would take a close look at the buses as they go by. I live near Woodward, and there are usually less than six people on any of the buses even during rush hour traffic. This would be a waste of money.

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-- Royal Oak

Instead of knocking down empty buildings, officials should set aside some of them to be refurbished for the homeless.

-- Hazel Park

What country club would ban Michael Jordan for wearing shorts? Has its manager lost his mind? If I were Jordan, I would sue the club and give the money to charity. I thought discrimination on a golf course was prohibited.

-- Madison Heights

A name change for a Gilda’s Club in Wisconsin is a slap in the face to Gilda Radner and her family who worked tirelessly to build Gilda’s Club into the fantastic organization it is today. If young kids don’t know who she is, too bad. Inform them. Don’t erase Gilda’s legacy because a new generation has cancer.